My Story of Owning a CNG Car.

by Melanie Henage

At the beginning of 2008 the average price of gas was about $3 a gallon, and we all saw how the prices skyrocketed from there nearing $5 a gallon nation-wide. If you were like most people, looking for an alternative fuel to gasoline was sounding like a good idea. But I was fine, and it was because I had already invested in a CNG car and was getting on average $0.75 a gallon equivalent.

While others were conserving their miles, my husband and I took several trips during the summer months. We traveled to Vegas, many national parks and even to LA from our home in the Utah area. Just about any direction we go, we can find inexpensive and clean natural gas for our CNG Car. One round trip was when we went from Provo, UT to Vegas which totaled 720 miles. If we took a regular gas car it would have cost us $120, but instead it only cost us $30. That’s $90 that we saved, and who couldn’t use an extra $90 on a trip to Vegas.

Last fall I was doing my student teaching, and my husband was starting a business. This left our income very low for a time. At times like these are when you are looking out for a way to save some money. Our Super Saver was our CNG car.

Normally we would be paying $200+ a month for the gas prices, but with our CNG car we were only spending around $40 a month in fuel. This proved to be a huge saver for us and continues to be till this day. Not only was I saving a ton of money, but I also had to accessible CNG stations on my commute to my student teaching.

It’s hard for us to pay for regular gas when it costs so much more than natural gas. I keep questioning ” why don’t more people look for and purchase natural gas vehicles so they can be saving so much money on gas prices? It’s one less expense that we love not having to worry about.

About the Author:
I’ve been using a CNG car for a couple years now, my husband’s family has been using them for much longer. There are many ways to go about purchasing a CNG car. There are used and new cars, you can also get your current car converted (costs around $6K). Also, coming the alternative fuel market soon is the American Roadster, it get 70 mpg and runs on CNG. Reserve it soon though.

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